FBI, European partners take down Qakbot malware network


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The Justice Department announced the FBI and its European partners took down a major global malware network known as Qakbot. According to a statement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, the department “hacked Qakbot’s infrastructure, launched an aggressive campaign to uninstall the malware from victim computers in the United States and around the world, and seized $8.6 million in extorted funds.” Countries involved in the multinational effort to take down the network includes:

  • France
  • Germany
  • The Netherlands
  • The United Kingdom
  • Romania
  • Latvia
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